Category: Engineering

Over the past billion years, the Earth’s continental crust has generated a massive amount of hydrogen. Theoretically, this could be enough to power humanity for at least 170,000 years. 

For a world striving for a low-carbon future, this…

Elon Musk’s Tesla is seemingly not content with having one supercomputer for its growing needs. The company is reportedly working on a new supercomputer cluster – called Cortex 2.0 – in Texas.

The growing appetite of artificial…

UK-based startup Space Solar has successfully completed crucial tests of its power-beaming technology, with an aim to deliver wireless power from space.

The company said that space-based solar power could provide reliable, uninterrupted clean…

To enhance its nighttime operational capabilities, the US Marine Corps has awarded a $112 million delivery order to Elbit Systems of America to produce Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggle (SBNVG) systems. 

This order, placed under a…

In a significant step toward closing the hypersonic technology gap with China, Venus Aerospace, a Houston-based startup, has completed the first US flight test of a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE). 

This test marks an important…

France’s flagship, the Jean Zay supercomputer, has received a fourfold increase in processing power. The supercomputer’s computing power has now reached an astounding 125.9 million billion calculations per second (125.9 petaflops).

“If…

A high-speed robotic system named Purdubik’s Cube has shattered the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to solve a puzzle cube.

The system, developed by a team of students at Purdue University in the US, completed the task in just…

The 1980s saw the unearthing of a long-held secret within the prehistoric rock formation of what is now south-central India. Decades later, those fossilized remains have revealed a new chapter in the story of early dinosaurs.

Introducing…

Grok, the AI chatbot created by Elon Musk’s company xAI and integrated into the X platform, has sparked concern after it began referencing violence against white people in South Africa—completely unprompted by users.

On Wednesday, a user…